4.1282 Jobs: Perseus (more); CL Research (2/130)
Elaine Brennan & Allen Renear (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Wed, 24 Apr 91 22:06:22 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 4, No. 1282. Wednesday, 24 Apr 1991.
(1) Date: Tue, 23 Apr 91 23:47:43 EDT (68 lines)
From: elli%ikaros@husc6.BITNET (Elli Mylonas)
Subject: More Perseus Jobs
(2) Date: Wed, 24 Apr 91 12:12 EST (62 lines)
From: "NANCY M. IDE (914) 437 5988" <IDE@VASSAR>
Subject: Research Position in Computational Linguistics
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Date: Tue, 23 Apr 91 23:47:43 EDT
From: elli%ikaros@husc6.BITNET (Elli Mylonas)
Subject: More Perseus Jobs
PERSEUS PROJECT JOB OPENINGS
The Perseus Project anticipates two full-time positions becoming available in
the summer of 1991. The Perseus Project has produced and continues to augment
a large multimedia hypertext system which currently runs under HyperCard.
Perseus integrates Greek texts, English translations, and lexical and
morphological tools with digital and video images of Greek topography,
archaeological monuments and artifacts, satellite imagery, maps, plans, and
drawings. Perseus is designed to be of value for both teaching and research
purposes.
Applications will be accepted and considered until the position is filled.
Harvard University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.
I. Assistant Editor for Textual Material
Description: The Assistant Editor will work with the Managing Editor of the
project, selecting, preparing and proofreading the textual material being
collected
in the Perseus database, and doing administrative work. She/he will have to
acquire the computer skills necessary to manipulate text files so they may be
incorporated into Perseus. The Assistant Editor will also supervise part-time
workers. He/she should be prepared to do demonstrations of Perseus at
Harvard and elsewhere.
Qualifications: Advanced work in Greek Language and Literature a
requirement. Must also have good writing and editorial skills and be very
attentive to detail. An experienced computer user who is familiar with text
based computing is ideal. Some familiarity with computers required.
Start date: early July 1991.
Please send curriculum vitae and other supporting materials to Elli Mylonas,
Department of the Classics, 319 Boylston Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge,
MA 02138. (elli@ikaros.harvard.edu)
II. Assistant Editor for Art and Archaeology
Description: The Assistant Editor will coordinate the various archaeological
and art historical information now being collected for the Perseus database.
We are seeking someone who can work with the other members of the project to
expand the ways in which the Perseus database can facilitate the study of
archaic and classical Greece. The Assistant Editor, in conjunction with the
Editor-in-Chief
and the Managing Editor, will help determine the archaeological material to be
included in the database. In addition, she/he will coordinate the
documentation
of these images. The Assistant Editor will oversee the work of contributing
scholars and three or four part-time research assistants and participate in the
composition and editing of the visual and textual information. The Assistant
Editor will negotiate with museums and archives to acquire existing images and
to arrange for original photography.
Qualifications: Advanced work in Greek archaeology or art history a
requirement. Must also have good writing and editorial skills and be very
attentive to detail. Some computer experience strongly recommended. Start
date: early June 1991.
Please send curriculum vitae and other supporting materials to Gregory Crane,
Department of the Classics, 319 Boylston Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge,
MA 02138. (crane@ikaros.harvard.edu)
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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 91 12:12 EST
From: "NANCY M. IDE (914) 437 5988" <IDE@VASSAR>
Subject: job
>From : Linguist List, Vol. 2, No. 0155. Monday, 22 Apr 1991.
From: canon.co.uk!wachtel (Tom Wachtel)
RESEARCH POSITION IN COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS
Canon Research Centre Europe Ltd
Guildford
Canon Research Centre Europe is looking for new recruits for its
Natural Language Processing research group. Our particular interest is
in interpretation relative to context, and in using pragmatics and
generalised non-linguistic reasoning to enhance Natural Language
systems. This research work is not currently tied to the production of
a particular product, but seen rather as providing a foundation for
more directed application work at the right point in the future.
Providing a prototype is, however, of prime importance.
We are looking for people with a good knowledge of natural language
processing or knowledge representation and reasoning, or a good general
computer science background. Good programming abilities are essential,
preferably in Prolog. Creativity and a flair for innovative work would
be essential.
Less experienced people who feel attracted by this proposition need not
be deterred from applying. We plan to offer training to appropriate
people at the Centre for Computational Linguistics at UMIST,
Manchester, as full Canon employees working as part of a UMIST research
team, with some degree of autonomy regarding their research
activities. At the end of the training period (probably one year),
they would be expected to transfer to Guildford. This is part of
Canon's effort to foster training in British industry, and to recruit
innovative scientists to its workforce.
Canon Research Centre Europe has been on the University of Surrey
Research Park since 1988, and currently employs about 30 people, and is
expanding. We doubt that you would be disappointed by salary, equipment
or working environment.
Our recruitment policy is one of equal opportunity.
If you are interested, please send a detailed CV to:
Tom Wachtel
(NLI position)
Canon Research Centre Europe
17-20 Frederick Sanger Road
Surrey Research Park
Guildford GU2 5YD, UK
email: wachtel@canon.co.uk
tel: +44-483-574325
fax: +44-483-574360
or to Personnel (personnel@canon.co.uk) at the same address.
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